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During Diffuse and Localized Peritonitis

Roland R. Rozin, MD; Shirley Meyer, MD; Rafael Rozin, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1973;106(2):160-163.

Abstract
The electrical activity of the anterior abdominal muscles was examined with the aid of electromyography (EMG). Fifty patients with suspected peritonitis and three healthy volunteers were observed. Forty-two of the patients underwent surgery and in 38 peritonitis was found. The pattern of electrical activity in patients with peritonitis was different from the normal in three stages of examination. Electrical activity was observed at rest and residual electrical activity was present after cough or pressure on the contralateral side of the abdomen. Results of EMG were normal in the patients when no peritonitis was found at operation, and in all where the abdominal signs were due to extraabdominal diseases.

Author Affiliations
Jerusalem, Israel

From the departments of surgery B and physical medicine, Hadassah University Hospital and the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 16, 1972.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery B, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

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